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elizabeth travelslight (danm '10) at yerba buena center for the arts

Friday, March 11, 2016 - 8:00am

San Francisco-based artist and activist, Elizabeth Travelslight (DANM '10) formed the organization, Bay Area Society for Art & Activism, in 2014. The Bay Area Society for Art & Activism (BASAA) focuses on the Bay Area's legacy as a hub for art activism and social justice organizing.

Performance, visual art, and technology offer a new kind of toolkit for today’s activism, allowing for a broad range of participation in change-making. At the same time, social media offers an unprecedented platform for increased visibility and public dialog. Take This Hammer: Art + Media Activism from the Bay Area explores these possibilities through the recent work of artists, activists, and technologists addressing the most pressing issues of our time.

For TAKE THIS HAMMER, BASAA selected a series of short films, including archival works from KQED and the Bay Area Video Coalition. It has also produced a site-specific experimental timeline based on more than one hundred stories from the Bay Area's history of art and media activism.